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Tue 14 May, 2013 01:57 am
I meet a foreigner who is a friend of mine, and I want to say we 'walk and talk', which means let's go and talk on our way there instead of standing here and talking. But I don't know the idiomatic English I can use to tell foreigner to do so; could you help me?
"Let's talk about it as we walk along."
(Let's is a contraction of let us.)
@WBYeats,
You can/could also use
Let's walk and talk.
Quote:But I don't know the idiomatic English I can use to tell foreigner to do so; could you help me?
Why didn't you use "can you help me?", WB?
@JTT,
Thanks all.
Oh, this is the first time a native speaker has asked me why I use COULD instead of CAN; is it wrong? I thought it was correct because our teachers told us COULD is more polite than CAN....
@WBYeats,
Quote:Oh, this is the first time a native speaker has asked me why I use COULD instead of CAN; is it wrong? I thought it was correct because our teachers told us COULD is more polite than CAN....
Not at all wrong, WB, not in the least. In this your teacher has informed you accurately.
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